More Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell
We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.
Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn
Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.
It is our job to lift others up, not to size them up.
God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.
A society which permits anything will eventually lose everything.
If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.
To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.
Long ago when a child lay in a manger, a special star appeared. It didn't just show up that evening. It had to have been placed in its orbit centuries before in a trajectory that would make it appear at that special moment of time to announce the birth of a special child. Just as there is divine design in the universe, so each of us has been placed in our own orbits in this life to love, to serve, to help light the world.
Never give up what you want most for what you want today.
